Our health service is free to access, but we're putting unnecessary strain on it by eating poorly, drinking too much and smoking, writes Record View
This is our NHS. It’s the most treasured part of our society, there by our side throughout our lives, bringing us into the world, nursing us when we are sick and easing our suffering and pain in our final years.
Hiring more doctors and nurses is an essential part of the solution. But we also need a wider debate on how to reduce demand on a service everyone in Scotland values. Like many Tory politicians’ utterances, it should be discounted and rejected. A better way has been suggested by Dawn Skelton, professor of ageing and health at Glasgow Caledonian University.Scots benefit from a free health service, but our nation’s relationship with booze, substance abuse, poor diet and smoking habits put added pressure on the system. She said: “Physical activity reduces our risk of heart disease, stroke and cancer. It reduces symptoms of disease.
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